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Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 March 1886 – 26 September 1961) was a general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II.
Robert L. Eichelberger was a U.S. Army general who during World War II retrieved strategic Japanese-held islands, thus helping to end the war in the Pacific. A 1909 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, Eichelberger served with the American Expeditionary Force in Siberia.
Collection of personal and official documents of Robert Eichelberger, a U.S. Army general who commanded the Eighth Army in the Southwest Pacific during World War II and the Occupation of Japan. Includes correspondence, diaries, photographs, writings, and speeches.
Robert L. Eichelberger. A frontal portrait of Robert L. Eichelberger depicted as Lieutenant General, Commanding First Army Corps, Commanding 8th Army Pacific Theater. An oil painting on an illustration board.
General Robert L. Eichelberger has been called the “Fireman of the Southwest Pacific” because of his success during intense and pivotal campaigns in the Pacific Theater during World War II (Shortal 1987, xi).
7 de feb. de 2017 · Despite notable accomplishments as a battlefield leader and impressive achievements in 1942-45, Robert L. Eichelberger remains relatively unrecognized for his crucial tactical and operational triumphs in key Pacific War operations.
General Robert L. Eichelberger (1886-1961), a 1909 West Point graduate, served with distinction in the U.S. Army, and is perhaps most famous for his role in the occupation of Japan after World War II.
